× With the stock attached the APS can be used similar to a carbine on semi-automatic, increasing its practical accuracy.
Basically, it was intended as a defensive weapon for those who were not riflemen. It was intended to be issued to vehicle operators, artillery crews, armored crews, radio operators, DShK heavy machine gun crews, some line officers and others who needed a weapon with more range and firepower than a pistol, but was more convenient to carry than a rifle. The mission of the APS was similar to that of today’s PDW (Personal Defense Weapon). Like the PM, the APS is chambered for the 9x18mm Makarov cartridge. The slide rails, extractor and take down procedure also owe a debt to the PM. After initial trials of the prototype APS machine pistol, it was redesigned to incorporate many features of the Makarov, including the silhouette, which makes it appear to be a PM on steroids. It was designed by Igor Yakovlevich Stechkin, an engineer at the Tula arsenal. Development of the APS took place at approximately the same time as the 9x18mm Makarov PM service pistol. There had actually been an experimental Soviet machine pistol designed by Fedor Vasilyevich Tokarev during the 1920s, but it had proven a dead end. The APS is fairly large double-action design which feeds from a 20-round detachable box magazine. I’ll discuss my reasons for preferring the APS later, but first let me give a bit of its history. I will grant, however, that the Russian Avtomatichekiy Pistolet Stechkina (APS or simply Stetchkin) is better than the other machine pistols I’ve used. I’ve had occasion to fire most of the machine pistols that have seen use during the 20 th and 21 st Century and have concluded that many are interesting, but few are especially effective.
STECHKIN 9MM MAKAROV FULL
Even with the stock attached, most machine pistols are hard to control on full auto.Ĭonventional wisdom is that in most situations either a good combat handgun or a true submachine gun would be more effective. The pistol is larger than a typical combat autoloader, perhaps with a greater magazine capacity. The holster stock is usually designed to be more effective as a shoulder stock than as a holster, normally being longer than a typical holster and fabricated of polymer or, in cases such as the Mauser 712 “Schnellfeuer”, in wood. Generally, it has a holster that also functions as a stock. In appearance it resembles a large pistol, but one capable of full-auto fire, though sometimes only in 3-shot bursts. It isn’t really a handgun and it isn’t really a submachine gun. The machine pistol is a platypus among weapons. Mail order sale of airgun silencers, replacement barrels and BB ammunition to over 18 ONLY! You MUST confirm your age by e-mail or in writingĮU / Europe airguns can be shipped safely to any EU member country for JUST £20.OctoBy Leroy Thompson, Machine Guns & Tactics Editor To find your nearest Air Gun retailor search or come and collect by appointment. The above law does not apply to customers overseas. A document confirming your age will be required on collection of an airgun. The transaction of an airgun is to be conducted face-to-face or through your nearest airgun or firearms shop/ retailor. Conditions of purchase in the UK (MAIL ORDER): NO LISENCE REQUIRED ! but in accordance with Violent Crime Reduction Act (Section 33: Age limits for purchase etc of air weapons), from October 2007 customers are required to prove their age when purchasing this product in person (18 years of age or over!).
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